If your property was affected by the wildfires in May, find resources and information on relevant county services here: 2025 Spring Wildfires
St. Louis County Public Works is developing an Active Transportation Plan to improve safety and travel opportunities along West Arrowhead Road for pedestrians, bicyclists and other non-motorized users. County engineers will host a public meeting to gather input from people who travel on the West Arrowhead Road corridor in Duluth. The meeting will be Tuesday, September 23, from 6-8 p.m. at the Hermantown YMCA, 4289 Ugstad Road in Hermantown. A virtual attendance option is also available on the project website: engage.stlouiscountymn.gov.
The CN Railroad will be completing work on a railroad crossing on Highway 7 near the city of Iron Junction, southwest of Eveleth beginning on Monday, September 15. Highway 7 will be closed to thru traffic for the duration of the week. The crossing is located between Old Mesabe Road and Ramshaw Road North.
On September 7th, 2025, at 1:15pm, the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office Dispatch received notice of a distress signal from the Boundry Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, via a Garmin safety device. The GPS coordinates placed the spot of the distress west of Contest Lake, in the area of Stuart River portage. This area is northwest of Ely. Garmin informed the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office they had updated information and that the injured party had a possible broken leg.
The St. Louis County Economic and Community Development Department distributed $1.8 million in federal grant money to communities and non-profit organizations in St. Louis County in the last year. These Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds helped pay for:
On September 3rd, 2025, at approximately 6:50 PM the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office, Rice Lake Fire Department, and St. Louis County Rescue Squad responded to a single vehicle accident near the 4900 block of Rice Lake Road, Rice Lake, MN.